20 Hour Review Show

At Kent, a grad student must pass a preliminary thesis review, called a 20 Hour Thesis Review. Passing gives the grad permission to work on their true thesis work and show. All grads and graduating BFA students are assigned boards of three faculty members, one being Kirk, within the School of Art that review their work for graduation. Recently two of the three 2nd year grads had a combined 20 Hour Review Show. The 1st is Derek Hambly. His work is based on the tools used in antiquity and prior to work with clay. Essentially clay tools to work on clay pieces... though I'm sure I'm not explaining it properly. He made pedastools and display pieces to showcase the actual tools he used to make the piece it's displayed on. The 2nd grad is Jon Stumpf. Stumpf went very folky for this show, using a classic amber glaze made with wild clay. He's a more traditional potter, but makes a really kick ass beer stein.

Derek's Work

Detail of the top piece.

Stumpf's Work

Eva checking out (aka critiquing) the casseroles.

Some pieces were fired once, twice, or three times, which explains the variation in color.

The beer stein